Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Content

Technical Articles	Creating Simple Web Part Mash-ups with InfoPath 2010 | Code sample Adding Dynamic Maps to Contact Forms with REST Web Services in InfoPath 2010 | Code sample
Visual How To Articles	Creating SharePoint 2010 Visual Web Parts in Visual Studio 2010| Code sample | Video
Blogs	How to install Sandboxed Solution with Powershell (SharePoint Management Shell) Published Intranets in SharePoint Server 2010 (published on Microsoft TechNet)

Highlights

• Andrew May’s great MSDN article: SharePoint Online: An Overview for Developers
• Be sure to also check out the SharePoint Online Resource Center on MSDN
• Chris Johnson’s great walkthrough of Paul Stubbs’ SharePoint Easy Setup for Developers (using Powershell)
• Eric White’s excellent blog post: SharePoint Developer Building Blocks: Technologies for Creating SharePoint Applications

Here is a full list of what we have published so far in October:

Technical Articles	SharePoint Online: An Overview for Developers Claims Walkthrough: Creating Forms-Based Authentication for Claims-Based SharePoint 2010 Web Applications Using ASP.NET SQL Membership and Role Providers | Code sample Customizing SharePoint List Forms in InfoPath 2010 | Code Sample Sorting Repeating Tables in Order Forms Programmatically with InfoPath 2010 | Code sample Building SharePoint Applications with InfoPath 2010 (Part 1 of 2) Building SharePoint Applications with InfoPath 2010 (Part 2 of 2) | Code sample Creating and Publishing Excel 2010 Documents with Custom SharePoint 2010 Workflows
Visual How To Articles	Creating Content Types for SharePoint 2010 in Visual Studio 2010 | Code sample | Video
Videos and Webcasts	Using the SharePoint 2010 SDK Help
Blogs	Services Running in a Multi-Server SharePoint Farm SharePoint Developer Building Blocks: Technologies for Creating SharePoint Applications
Resource Centers	SharePoint Online Developer Resource Center | SharePoint 2010

Coming Soon

We have more great content in the works, including:

• Andrew Connell’s Team-Based Development white paper
• Vesa Juvonen and Jim Crowley’s definitive Application Lifecycle Management paper
• An MSDN version of Eric White’s blog post above
• Ricky Kirkham’s Developer Architectures paper (the plural Architectures is not a typo!)
• Andrew May’s Visual Introduction to SharePoint Online Development
• And so much more!

You can always stay up-to-date by visiting the SharePoint Developer Center and by following @sharepointdev on twitter

• Tips: Installing and Using the SharePoint 2010 SDK Download

What’s New in this SDK Update

We are excited to announce the latest quarterly update of the SDK for SharePoint Foundation 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010. This free update replaces previous 2010 versions of the SDK and includes the following:

• New code samples:  Silverlight List Viewer, plus new samples in Business Connectivity Services (BCS), Enterprise Content Management (ECM), and User Profiles and Social Data
• Updated documentation, including: new and updated How To, reference , and conceptual content
• Updated IntelliSense XML files for tooltips and auto-complete in Visual Studio

Here are two MSDN topics listing new and updated content and code samples in the AUG2010 version of the SDK (14.0.4763.1031):

• What’s New in the SDK for SharePoint Foundation 2010
• What’s New in the SDK for SharePoint Server 2010

A complete listing and description of the 44 code samples currently available in the SDK can be found here on MSDN Code Gallery: https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/sp2010sdk.

Change History Tables

Wondering what has changed in the SDK?  You can do a quick search in the compiled HTML Help (.chm) files for the phrase “content update” (include the quotes) to see all the changed topics.  We also publish the “Updated” date at the top of each article.  Check out an example here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff623048.aspx.

Working with Help in Visual Studio (MSDN and Local)

This update also coincides with republish of the SDK in the MSDN Library, in addition to offline Visual Studio Help for SharePoint.  Yes, that’s right—now you can get context-sensitive Help directly from your code by pressing F1 in Visual Studio. 

F1 Help and Working Offline

The MSDN Library is always the most up-to-date source of information, and Visual Studio uses online Help as its primary source by default when you press F1. If you need to work offline, however, you can first download Help content from MSDN using the Visual Studio 2010 Help Library Manager (Help > Manage Help Settings).  Here’s how:

1. Click Check for updates online.
   You may need to change your settings to I want to use local help.  You can find this under Choose online or local help in Help Library Manager.
2. Scroll down to SharePoint 2010 SDK, click Add, and then click Update.

IntelliSense XML Files Update

The latest drop of the SDK also updates all the IntelliSense XML files for SharePoint Foundation 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010.  Please refer to the Readme.txt file for installation instructions.  The readme.txt files is in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\SharePoint 2010\Intellisense once the SDK is installed.

You will get tooltips, updated descriptions, and auto-complete as you type code in the Visual Studio 2010 IDE once the IntelliSense XML files are updated.  Visual Studio 2010 and SharePoint 2010 must be installed on the computer you are installing the IntelliSense XML files on; the IntelliSense files only work in Visual Studio when the DLL and the XML file of the same name are in the same directory.  Please refer to the Readme.txt file for more information.

Hello SharePoint developers!

I put together the following set of “Top 10” lists related to SharePoint 2010 development, based on MSDN traffic since the public Beta of SharePoint 2010.

Check it out here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ff660759.aspx

Included in the Resource Center are “Top 10” lists of:

• Developer feature overviews
• Blogs
• How To topics in the SDK
• Namespaces in the SDK
• Classes in the SDK
• Web Services

The goal is to keep everyone up-to-date on what’s trending each month, so check back often for updates.

Let us know if there is a category you’d like to see in a future iteration of this page by leaving a comment on this blog post.  Keep the feedback coming!

We just went live with an updated download for the SharePoint 2010 Software Development Kit (SDK)!  The MAY2010 version of the SDK aligns with the “RTM” versions of SharePoint Server 2010 and SharePoint Foundation 2010, so you will get the latest information about extending, customizing, and writing code for SharePoint 2010.

Get the FREE download here: https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f0c9daf3-4c54-45ed-9bde-7b4d83a8f26f&displayLang=en

The SDK contains object model reference documentation (including JavaScript OM, Client OM, and Server OM), Web Service references, schema references, “how-to” topics, conceptual overviews, and code samples and snippets for working with application programming interfaces (APIs) in SharePoint 2010.

In addition, check out all the new code samples in this release!

SharePoint Foundation

·         Implementation of IBackupRestore

Business Connectivity Services

·         AdventureWorks .NET Assembly

·         AdventureWorks ASP.NET Web Service

·         AdventureWorks WCF Service

·         AdventureWorks 2008 .Net Assembly and Web Services

·         AdventureWorks 2008 Declarative Outlook Solution Reusable Components

·         AdventureWorks 2008 Declarative Outlook Solution Sample

·         Authenticating and Consuming Data from NetFlix (Web 2.0 Application)

·         BDC Model for XML Snippets

·         Custom Web Part and Word Add-in Sample

·         Sample Orders .Net Assembly and Web Services

·         Sandboxed BCS Workflow Sample

Enterprise Content Management

·         Content Type-Based Metadata

·         Creating a Routing Rule

·         Custom Document ID Provider

·         Managed Metadata Dependencies

·         Pausable Custom Timer Jobs

·         Publishing Cache Services

·         Silverlight Controls and Silverlight Thumbnail Extraction Sample

·         Retention Events

User Profiles and Social Data

·         Combine information from my public profile on Linkedin (or Facebook) with my User Profile

·         Gold star or thumbs to a colleague

·         Insert an event/document change event in feed

·         Share a link with my colleagues

·         Social data statistics

Visio Services

·         Annotations Sample

·         Custom Error Messages Sample

·         Mouse Interaction Sample

More code samples are coming.  We have dozens in queue and will be posting them periodically to https://code.msdn.com, and then rolling them into every quarterly release of the downloadable SDK.

Tips and Tricks (Help on Help)

Send us feedback!

Keep sending us your feedback—use MSDN ratings and comments, as well as the community content Wiki at the footer of each topic.  We want this to be the best SDK for SharePoint developers, and we want to hear from you!  Tell us to “Doc This” whenever you see a content gap or a need for clarification or more depth, and tell us when you would benefit from additional code samples and other customization guidance.

More information, training, learning resources, and downloads are available at the SharePoint Developer Center on MSDN: https://msdn.microsoft.com/sharepoint

Let’s write some SharePoint code!

- Randall

Follow the Microsoft SharePoint SDK team on twitter: https://twitter.com/sharepointdev

If you’re looking for advanced developer training for SharePoint 2010, check out these modules that just went live on MSDN yesterday!  

Here is the home page, which features a Silverlight navigation control for browsing the lessons before you get started:  https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ff420377.aspx. Click Learn More on the home page to jump to the first module.

Here is a list of lesson titles that are included in each module. You can view the modules in any order. In each lesson, you can watch a streaming video screencast, and you also have the option to download the video and the PowerPoint slide deck for offline viewing. Click Resources in each module to download the slide decks.

Developer Roadmap and Tools for SharePoint 2010

• Lesson 1: SharePoint 2010 Development Platform Overview 
• Lesson 2: Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Developer Tools Overview

Core Development in SharePoint 2010

• Lesson 1: Feature Framework and Solution Deployment Improvements 
• Lesson 2: Services Architecture and Extensibility 
• Lesson 3: Creating Sandboxed Solutions

User Interfaces and Lists in SharePoint 2010

• Lesson 1: User Interface Improvements and Extensibility in SharePoint 2010 
• Lesson 2: List Enhancements and Customizations in SharePoint 2010

Data Access in Technologies in SharePoint 2010

• Lesson 1: Accessing SharePoint 2010 Lists Using LINQ to SharePoint 
• Lesson 2: Using the Client Object Model and REST to Access SharePoint 2010

Composite Solutions in SharePoint 2010

• Lesson 1: Workflow Enhancements in SharePoint 2010 
• Lesson 2: Consuming External Data with Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint 2010

Enterprise Content Management in SharePoint 2010

• Lesson 1: Customizing Enterprise Content Management in SharePoint 2010

Enterprise Search in SharePoint 2010

• Lesson 1: Developing Custom Search Solutions with SharePoint 2010

Business Intelligence SharePoint 2010

• Lesson 1: Exposing Business Intelligence with SharePoint 2010

Communities in SharePoint 2010

• Lesson 1: Customizing My Sites and Social Features in SharePoint 2010

Development Life Cycle for SharePoint 2010

• Lesson 1: Upgrading Code from SharePoint Server 2007 to SharePoint Server 2010 
• Lesson 2: Application Lifecycle Management in SharePoint 2010

Send Us Your Feedback

We want to hear from you! Each video lesson has a Ratings feature, and you can also leave comments on the home page.

Looking for Getting Started Training?

For Getting Started training, please see the following post by Paul Andrew: https://blogs.msdn.com/pandrew/archive/2010/05/12/getting-started-with-sharepoint-2010-development.aspx

Looking for Advanced IT Pro Training?

Check out our Advanced IT Professional Training on TechNet: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ff420396.aspx

I am thrilled to announce the launch of the SharePoint 2010 Developer Center!  Here is the only URL you need to remember for official SharePoint developer documentation and resources: https://msdn.microsoft.com/sharepoint

As you may already be aware, SharePoint 2010 is a huge release for developers.  Start ramping up today on the new features and explore the possibilities!

Here is what we have available for you right now to get started on your SharePoint 2010 development projects:

·         Getting Started videos and downloads
Learn about Silverlight, the client-side object model, custom workflow, sandboxed solutions, accessing external data, and more!

·         Advanced Developer Training videos and downloads
Self-paced, black-belt learning for working with SharePoint developer features such as Enterprise Content Management, Enterprise Search, Application Lifecycle Management, and more!

·         What’s New for Developers

·         Upgrade Resources for Developers moving from 2007 to 2010. Find out what’s new and changed, even down to a granular list of deprecated APIs

·         Developer Downloads, including SharePoint Foundation 2010, SharePoint Designer 2010, tools, code samples, and much more!

·         Software Development Kit (SDK) and API reference documentation, which is also available as context-sensitive Help in Visual Studio 2010!

·         Developer Best Practices, including disposing object, handling large lists, and writing efficient code

·         8 Developer-focused Resource Centers
Resource centers aggregate useful links to SDK documentation, code samples, blogs, and other related content on a central theme. Resource centers typically highlight a SharePoint developer feature or a common customization task.  Check out our Business Connectivity Services and Excel Services Resource Centers today... we will have more going live in the coming weeks!

There are so many resources on each of these pages, that it’s better to visit the Developer Center than to explain every last detail in this blog post.

Also, you can check out this great post from Erika Ehrli Cabral, whose team worked so hard on many of these new Developer Center pages: https://blogs.msdn.com/erikaehrli/archive/2010/05/12/office-2010-and-sharepoint-2010-launch-a-summary-of-technical-content-that-matters-to-developers.aspx

 Let’s write some SharePoint code!

- Randall

Follow the SharePoint MSDN team on twitter for the latest updates: https://twitter.com/sharepointdev

With so many other 2010 Beta products from Microsoft being released today, we want to announce one more release for you to download:  Download the SharePoint 2010 (Beta) SDK

The Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Software Development Kit (SDK) includes documentation and code samples for Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 and for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, which builds upon the SharePoint Foundation 2010 infrastructure. The SDK includes:

• Detailed descriptions of the technologies that SharePoint Server 2010 and SharePoint Foundation 2010 provide for developers,
• Reference documentation for the server and client object models,
• Step-by-step procedures for using and programming with these technologies and object models, and
• Code samples and solution starters for building projects with SharePoint 2010 and Visual Studio 2010 Beta releases

This SDK also includes best practices and setup guidance that will help you get started with your own custom applications that build and extend upon the SharePoint Foundation 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010 platforms.

For additional information, you can visit the SharePoint Developer Center on the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN): https://msdn.microsoft.com/sharepoint. Visit frequently to learn about recently published content; to view essential getting started content; to view rich media content such as videos and screencasts; to get connected to instructor-led training and other learning resources; to learn more about product features and scenarios in our MSDN Resource Centers; and to find community resources such as MSDN forums, newsgroups, MVP blogs, and much more.

The SDK also includes many code samples that address common customization scenarios and solution building blocks. Future (quarterly) releases will contain additional samples, and you can also check MSDN Code Gallery for SharePoint solutions and code samples.

Installation Instructions

The Downloadable Setup Program will guide you through the installation. By default, you can install the complete SDK with both SharePoint Foundation 2010 as well as SharePoint Server 2010 documentation and samples.  If you are working only with SharePoint Foundation 2010 APIs, you can install only the SharePoint Foundation 2010 SDK documentation: select SharePoint Server 2010 Help and Samples, and then click Entire feature will be unavailable in the setup program.

Once installed, you can access the SDK documentation and samples from the Start Menu.  Look in All Programs > Microsoft SDKs.

Community Forums and Feedback

Also live today is the SharePoint Development Forum on MSDN: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepoint2010programming/threads.  Post your questions to this forum; we will be monitoring the forums regularly and responding with new content and code samples generated from your feedback and suggestions.

Send us your feedback directly from any SDK topic.  Use the Send Feedback e-mail links in all SDK topics to identify issues, request code samples, or request additional content about a supported customization scenario.

And don't forget to follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/sharepointdev

Related Downloads 

Finally, for Enterprise Project Management development, be sure to download the Project 2010 (Beta) SDK and check out the Project 2010 Developer Center on MSDN!

We hope you find these developer resources useful.  Keep sending us feedback on MSDN and through other feedback channels.  We are listening!

- Randall and the entire SharePoint SDK team

https://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/11/18/sharepoint-2010-public-beta-is-now-available-for-download.aspx

SharePoint 2010 Public Beta is now available for download

Today we are announcing the general availability of the public beta of Office 2010, SharePoint Server 2010, Visio 2010, Project 2010 and Office Web Apps for our customers and partners. Millions of people can download the beta at https://www.microsoft.com/2010. 

Office Mobile 2010 has also reached the public beta milestone and is now available on the Windows Mobile Marketplace for Windows Mobile 6.5 phones.

As part of the beta, we are unveiling several new capabilities, including:

• The Outlook Social Connector, a new feature which brings communications history, business and social networking feeds into the Outlook experience.
  • At beta, the Outlook Social Connector will support SharePoint social networking and support Windows Live at launch.
  • We are also announcing that LinkedIn will be the first social networking site to provide a connector for the Outlook Social Connector.
  • We are also releasing the Outlook Social Connector SDK for developers to build connectors to third party social networks.
• Technology and design advancements including deeper integration between Office 2010 and Office Web Apps, improved navigation, visual design and icon updates, a new Office logo and increased performance and stability.

We’re also announcing our plan to deliver Duet Enterprise for Microsoft SharePoint and SAP which will expand the long standing Duet partnership. The joint solution from SAP and Microsoft will enable interoperability between SAP applications and SharePoint 2010 and provide complete flexibility and extensibility to compose solutions that blend the worlds of process and collaboration. Duet Enterprise is built on top of the new Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint 2010. The solution is planned to be released in the second half of calendar year 2010.

SharePoint Public Beta Resources

• General information about SharePoint 2010: https://sharepoint2010.microsoft.com/Pages/default.aspx
• 2010 Resources for Developers on MSDN: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee514561.aspx
• Getting Started videos for Developers on MSDN: https://www.mssharepointdeveloper.com
• Resources for IT Pros on TechNet: https://www.mssharepointitpro.com
• Have a SharePoint 2010 question? Ask it in the SharePoint 2010 forums

Where can I download SharePoint 2010 public beta?
You can download SharePoint and Office 2010 public beta from https://www.microsoft.com/2010

Is the SharePoint public beta supported?
The SharePoint public beta is not supported. However, we recommend looking at our resources listed above and asking questions in the SharePoint 2010 forums.

When is the final release of SharePoint and Office 2010?
We are planning to release SharePoint and Office 2010 in the first half of calendar year 2010.

Will there be a migration path from SharePoint public beta to final release?
We do not plan to support a SharePoint 2010 public beta to release bits migration path. The SharePoint 2010 public beta should be used for evaluation and feedback purposes only.

If I’m on SharePoint 2007, how do I get ready for SharePoint 2010?
Take a look here for getting ready guidance.

Is there a downloadable SharePoint 2010 VHD?
We plan to make a VHD available for download sometime in the future. We will announce its availability on our team blog.

How do I get trained on SharePoint 2010?
Please review the Getting Started page, the  IT Professional learning guide , the Developer learning guide , and the End User resources to ramp up on SharePoint 2010.

Along with the many announcements today at the SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas, I also wanted to follow with a big announcement for SharePoint developers:

The SharePoint 2010 (Beta) Developer Center is now LIVE on MSDN!
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee514561.aspx

Included in the launch of the SharePoint Developer Center is a Getting Started subsite + 2 essential Resource Centers:

Upgrade Resource Center
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee514557.aspx

Start planning for your upgrade to SharePoint 2010 today!  The public Beta will be available in November, 2009.  Stay tuned to this blog for more information...

Community Resource Center
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee633451.aspx

Including the all-new SharePoint 2010 general forum.  There will be a developer-focused forum closer to the public Beta of SharePoint 2010.

Getting Started Developing on SharePoint 2010
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee513147.aspx

This subsite contains 10 Modules, targeted toward .Net developers new to SharePoint, for working with the following development platform features in SharePoint 2010:

Module 1: Getting Started Building Web Parts in SharePoint 2010

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee513148.aspx

Module 2: What Developers Need to Know About SharePoint 2010

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee513149.aspx

Module 3: Building Blocks for Web Part Development in SharePoint 2010

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee513150.aspx

Module 4: Accessing SharePoint 2010 Data with Server-Side APIs

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee513151.aspx

Module 5: Accessing SharePoint 2010 Data with Client-Side APIs

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee513152.aspx

Module 6: Accessing External Data with Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint 2010

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee513153.aspx

Module 7: Developing Business Processes with SharePoint 2010 Workflows

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee513154.aspx

Module 8: Creating Silverlight User Interfaces for SharePoint 2010 Solutions

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee513155.aspx

Module 9: Sandboxed Solutions for Web Parts in SharePoint 2010

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee513156.aspx

Module 10: Creating Dialogs and Ribbon Controls for SharePoint 2010

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/ee513157.aspx

See Also

• https://blogs.msdn.com/sharepointdeveloperdocs/archive/2009/10/19/SharePoint2010BetaDevDocsLive.aspx - the SharePoint Developer Documentation team blog
• https://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/10/19/sharepoint-2010.aspx - Jeff Teper’s excellent overview of new features in SharePoint 2010
• https://twitter.com/sharepointdev - Follow me on twitter!

We've got so much more content planned for you in the Beta timeframe, so please stay tuned!  Keep sending us feedback--we are listening and responding to your requests!